--- title: Finland’s NestAI is building the AI layer Europe’s... description: Finland's Ministry of Defence, Estonia's Defence Forces, and Helsinki-based AI startup NestAI have signed a non-binding letter of intent to cooperate on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/finland-s-nestai-is-building-the-ai-layer-europe-s-militaries-want-to-own-idruhgru5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Finland’s NestAI is building the AI layer Europe’s militaries want to own | daily.dev og:description: Finland's Ministry of Defence, Estonia's Defence Forces, and Helsinki-based AI startup NestAI have signed a non-binding letter of intent to cooperate on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/finland-s-nestai-is-building-the-ai-layer-europe-s-militaries-want-to-own-idruhgru5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IDRUHGrU5.png og:image:alt: Finland’s NestAI is building the AI layer Europe’s militaries want to own og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Finland’s NestAI is building the AI layer Europe’s militaries want to own **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Finland's Ministry of Defence, Estonia's Defence Forces, and Helsinki-based AI startup NestAI have signed a non-binding letter of intent to cooperate on defence AI. NestAI, founded in 2025 and backed by €100m from Nokia and Finnish state investor Tesi, is developing NestOS — an operating layer for unmanned vehicles and command-and-control systems built on open, modular architecture. The key principle is sovereign control: no single vendor owns the roadmap, and each nation retains control of its own data and AI systems. The partnership focuses on adaptive AI, decision support, and autonomous systems, with plans to expand to other nations. Nokia Defense and NestAI also unveiled a joint capability for GPS-denied environments, marking the first operational output of their partnership. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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